Charles E. Phillips
June 15, 1874-Feb. 9, 1936
Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 10, 1936, page 1, col. 4, cont. page 2, microfilm Niles District Library
CHARLES E. PHILLIPS, OIL FIRM HEAD, DIES OF INJURIES BY AUTO
Hurt Jan. 25 in Sumnerville Crash; Was Improving in Hospital for Time.
Charles E. Phillips, 61, proprietor of the Phillips Sales corporation, Dowagiac, and a widely known resident of Niles for the last 18 years, succumbed at 7 o'clock, Sunday night at Pawating hospital to injuries sustained Jan. 25 when his car collided with another at Sumnerville.
Mr. Phillips, who suffered the injuries while en route to Niles, was at his home, 15 South Third street for a time after the accident and later was taken to the hospital for treatment.
He had made slow by steady progress toward recovery until last Wednesday, when his condition took a sudden turn for the worse.
A native of Pokagon, in Cass county, Mr. Phillips was born June 15, 1874, a son of John M. and Mary Gertrude Phillips.
His marriage to Miss Blanche Garwood, who survives, took place April 17, 1884, at Pokagon. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips had lived in Niles since 1917.
Mr. Phillips as prominent in civic and fraternal circles, holding membership in Niles lodge no. 900, M.W.A., and Niles lodge No. 1322, B.P.O.E.. He was a past master of Pokagon lodge No. 136, F. and A.M.
Survivors, besides the widow, are a daughter, Mrs. F.D. McCally,, and two grandsons, Niles; five brothers, George B., Robert C., and Edward J. Phillips of Dowagiac: Frank J., and John H. Phillips, of Jackson, and Mrs. Gervais Phillips, of Jackson, and five sisters, Mrs. Joseph Kibler, Mrs. Anna Hoover and Mrs. Gervaic Bair of Dowagiac: Mrs. Fred Barrett and Mr. Ford Lake, of Pokagon.
A sister Mrs. R.S. Waterson, Niles died Dec. 26 last , and another brother, William Phillips, died Jan. 15, 1935, at Detroit.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at this Elks' temple, with the Rev. G.W. Simon, of the Presbyterian church officiating. [Illegible] Masonic ritual. Committal rites at Silverbrook cemetery will be conducted by the Elks lodge.
The body was taken to the Rutherford-Phillips mortuary, and will be returned to the home, 16 South Third street, Tuesday morning. It will lie n state at the elks' temple from 1 to 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, February 11, 1936, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News In Brief: BROTHERS PALLBEARERS
Five brothers and a brother-in-law of the late Charles E. Phillips, who died Sunday night of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, will serve as pallbearers at the funeral Wednesday afternoon. They are George, Robert and Edward Phillips, Dowagiac; Frank and John Phillips, Jackson, and Dr. Roy B.. Waterson, Niles, The service, followed by a Masonic ritual, will be conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Elks temple, with the Rev. G.W. Simon officiating. The committal service at Silverbrook will be conducted by the Elks lodge.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, February 12, 1936, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News In Brief: PHILLIPS RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Charles I.[sic] Phillips, who succumbed Sunday night to skull injuries sustained in an automobile collision, were conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Elks temple by the Rev. G. W. Simon, of the Presbyterian church. Afterward the Masonic lodge conducted its ritual. Committal services at Silverbrook cemetery were held by the Elks lodge. A private prayer service was said at 11 o'clock this morning at the home., 16 South Third street. The Phillips Sales corporation at Dowagiac, which Mr. Phillips operated, was closed this afternoon.